Aztec Ruins, East Ruin (Site Name Keyword)

PROJECT Gary Brown.

This project consists of overview images of rooms, kivas, and other architectural features photographed at Aztec East Ruin. Most of the photos were taken in the western roomblock of the great house. Photographs were taken by Gary Brown between 2000 and 2001. They were originally shot as Kodachrome slides and subsequently scanned to digital media.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. PaleoResearch Institute.

Six pollen samples were analyzed from three mounds from the East Ruin at Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico. This analysis was performed in association with excavations to determine the nature of various mounds. Excavations confirmed Mound E as a trash mound from the Mesa Verde period (1200s), Mound D as a roomblock extension of Mound C, and the unnumbered mound as an historic earthwork possibly associated with a barn. The emphasis of the pollen study was on establishing a...

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 12 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room (see Richert 1964). Image AZRU-G05.02: Interior view of doorway in south wall looking SE. Image AZRU-G05.03: Interior view looking SE at intact roof.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 9 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.04: Interior view of doorway in north wall looking NNW. Image AZRU-G05.05: Interior view of doorway in north wall looking SE.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 11 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.06: Interior view of doorway in north wall looking north.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 8 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.07: Interior view of intact roof looking up and east. Image AZRU-G05.08: Interior view of intact roof looking up and south.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 7 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.11: Interior view of intact roof looking up and east. Image AZRU-G05.12: Interior view of intact roof looking up and NE. Image AZRU-G05.13: Interior view of looter's hole through west wall looking NW into wall core.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 6 (photographed by Gary Brown). First-story interstitial room NE of Kiva S. Image AZRU-G05.14: Interior view of looter's hole through east wall of kiva housing looking NE into wall core. Image AZRU-G05.15: Interior view of looter's hole through east wall of kiva housing looking NE into wall core. Image AZRU-G05.16: Interior view looking west at Kiva S wall exterior abutting north interior wall of kiva housing. Image AZRU-G05.17: Interior view looking south at...

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 14 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.20: Interior view of intact roof looking up and east. Image AZRU-G05.12: Interior view looking north through doorway in north interior wall.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 2 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.21: Interior view of intact roof and walls looking SW. Image AZRU-G05.22: Interior view looking SW through doorway in south interior wall.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 4 (photographed by Gary Brown). First story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.23: Interior view looking SE into looter's hole through south wall. Image AZRU-G05.24: Interior view looking south at blocked vent in south interior wall. Image AZRU-G05.25: Interior view looking up and SE through hatch in intact roof.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 4 (photographed by Gary Brown). Second story in two-story room. Image AZRU-G05.26: Interior view looking SW at hatch through second-story floor into first-story room.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 3 (photographed by Gary Brown). First-story interstitial room SW of Kiva S. Image AZRU-G05.27: Interior view looking SE at Kiva S wall exterior abutting south interior wall of kiva housing. Image AZRU-G05.28: Interior view looking SE at Kiva S wall exterior abutting south interior wall of kiva housing. Image AZRU-G05.29: Interior view looking NW at Kiva S wall exterior abutting west interior wall of kiva housing.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 6 (photographed by Gary Brown). First-story interstitial room NE of Kiva S. Image AZRU-G05.30: Interior view looking south at intact roof and Kiva S east buttress abutting east interior wall of kiva housing.

IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 7 (photographed by Gary Brown). Tree-ring sampling in Room 7. Image AZRU-G05.01: Tom Windes coring lintels in north doorway looking NE. Image AZRU-G05.09: Tom Windes sharpening coring bit. Image AZRU-G05.10: Tom Windes and Peg Kaiser collecting tree-ring core samples.